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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has also joined Bond and Tatiana aboard the train?

2. Who do Bond and Kerin compare notes on?

3. Why did choose the hotel?

4. Who does Bond find in the appointed meeting place?

5. What does Bond feel overwhelmed by?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Bond find out the man looking at him is a British agent?

2. What impression does Tatiana make on Bond when he sees her for the first time?

3. How does Bond upset Tatiana?

4. What does Grant's say is the Russian's plot?

5. Why does the gypsy hesitate to let Bond into the compound?

6. How does Klebb defeat Bond?

7. What happens to the Russians when they reach the Turkish border?

8. What new information does the gypsy give Kerim?

9. How does Kerim die?

10. How does Bond persuade Tatiana to get the code machine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine violence in the novel.

1) How do the characters in the novel view violence? Are there are character that would think twice before shooting or hitting someone?

2) Do the characters need to be violent to cope in the world that Fleming portrays?

3) How do the students think the public reacted to the novel's violence when it was first published? How would the public react to such a book today?

Essay Topic 2

Why do the Russians think that killing Bond would cause so problems? How would the MI5 react to Bond's death?

Essay Topic 3

Fleming worked as an intelligence officer during World War II, adhering to the rule that writers should write about what they know. Do you think it is obvious that Fleming knows his subject? What difference do you think it makes to the story? Are there any moments where you think Fleming does not portray a character or setting so well? What affect does it have on the story?

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